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Course

Adolescence and Epilepsy - A Focus on Sexual Health

Details

Published Date: 03/20/2023

Expiration Date: 11/14/2025

CE Credit: CME:1

Description

This presentation will review the complex psychosocial milieu of growing up with epilepsy and how this chronic condition can influence and be influenced by adolescence. It will examine evidence for interactions between epilepsy, medications to treat seizures, and sex hormones, and will discuss issues related to childbearing in patients with epilepsy.

Presenter(s)

Inna Hughes,MD, PhD

Inna Hughes, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Child Neurology and Epilepsy at the University of Rochester. Her clinical interests are both in pediatric epilepsy and general child neurology. Dr. Hughes completed undergraduate studies at Williams College and graduated from Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine after completion of the combined MD, PhD program. She completed her Child Neurology residency training and a Pediatric Epilepsy fellowship at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY. Dr. Hughes is board certified in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology and board certified in Epilepsy. She is an active member in the American Academy of Neurology, American Epilepsy Society, and the Child Neurology Society. She has several research interests including the development and genetics of childhood onset epilepsy syndromes, dietary therapy in children and teens, transition of care for young adults with epilepsy, and development of teaching and community programs to improve education and awareness for patients with epilepsy.

Learning Objectives

  • Review the complex psychosocial milieu of growing up with epilepsy and how this chronic condition can influence and be influenced by adolescence.
  • Examine evidence for interactions between epilepsy, medications to treat seizures, and sex hormones.
  • Discuss issues related to childbearing in patients with epilepsy.

Continuing Education Credit Information